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Installing on old laptop

I am trying to install backtrack on an old compaq armanda laptop. I boot of the cd and i get "you passed an undefined mode number". I press enter and i have a few video mode options which i have tried with no success. i have also tried the scan for best video mode and i have also tried the xconf. Is there anything else i can try. it loads up and I can move the mouse but its just a black screen??

I am trying to install backtrack on an old compaq armanda laptop. I boot of the cd and i get "you passed an undefined mode number". I press enter and i have a few video mode options which i have tried with no success. i have also tried the scan for best video mode and i have also tried the xconf. Is there anything else i can try. it loads up and I can move the mouse but its just a black screen??

have you tried manually setting it to something like vesa using "xorgconfig" at bash?

I too am using the eee PC, and receive the "You passed an undefined...". Been searching through the forum and can only find 3 posts. I'm gonna check out the eeeuser forums and see if there's anything documented there.

PH, did you try changing vga=0x317 in syslinux.cfg? 0x317 is 1024x768 framebuffer mode, you see. This is outside the range for the eee.
Try vga=0x311 (this is 640x480 16bit FB mode)
or, with the eee's 800x600 capability you could try
vga=0x314 (this is 800x600 16bit FB mode)